Infant bacchanal
Maker
(artist)
1686-1738
1686-1738
Title
Infant bacchanal
Date of Production
1701
Medium
black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 39.3 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Width: 30.7 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4559
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
anonymous sale (listed under 'Various Properties'), Sotheby's (London), 7 November 1951, lot 8 (with D.1952.RW.4560); purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952) (£6, for both); Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge: shield with bend surmounted by a fleur-de-lis; Countermark: upper centre edge: “LLAP [?]” (not found in Churchill or Heawood).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, cut off so that only fragments of fragments of several lines of letters visible; left upper edge, brown ink, cut off: “[...]get”; left centre edge, brown ink, cut off: “gen”; left lower edge, brown ink, cut off: “[...]eden”, “biteu” and “erbjen”; lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Cornelius Loos. / fecit Ao: 1701. //”. Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4559”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: upper right corner, brown ink, cut off so that only fragments of fragments of several lines of letters visible; left upper edge, brown ink, cut off: “[...]get”; left centre edge, brown ink, cut off: “gen”; left lower edge, brown ink, cut off: “[...]eden”, “biteu” and “erbjen”; lower left, brown ink, signed and dated by the artist: “Cornelius Loos. / fecit Ao: 1701. //”. Verso: lower left, graphite, Witt number: “4559”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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